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A review by spacecomics
The Man Who Sold the Moon by Robert A. Heinlein
5.0
Great anthology with stories you can get into, and that inspire interest in the developing space program - written before it all began.
I first read this about 35 years ago, and didn't remember a lot of details, particularly how much the separate stories are related by common characters (D. D. Harriman and others) and gadgets like solar energy invented in one of the first stories ("Let There Be Light") and the road cities described in "The Roads Must Roll." These are also mentioned in "Blowups Happen" and "The Man Who Sold The Moon," which are closely related by plot as well, and "Requiem" is almost a direct sequel. Reading the whole thing straight through is a great idea with this one, much more so than most anthologies.
It's Good! Very Good!
I first read this about 35 years ago, and didn't remember a lot of details, particularly how much the separate stories are related by common characters (D. D. Harriman and others) and gadgets like solar energy invented in one of the first stories ("Let There Be Light") and the road cities described in "The Roads Must Roll." These are also mentioned in "Blowups Happen" and "The Man Who Sold The Moon," which are closely related by plot as well, and "Requiem" is almost a direct sequel. Reading the whole thing straight through is a great idea with this one, much more so than most anthologies.
It's Good! Very Good!